Map from: Andreas Cellarius, HARMONIA MACROCOSMICA, seu Atlas universalis et novus [...], [Amsterdam 1708].
hand-colored copperplate/paper, 44 X 50 cm (light passe-partout)
cartouches in upper left and right corners, in them title and publishing address: SOLIS CIRCA ORBEM TERRARUM SPIRALIS REVOLUTIO / Prostant Amstelaedami apud PETRUM SCHENK et GERARDUM VALK
state of preservation very good
The map comes from the famous atlas of Andreas Cellarius - the most beautiful atlas of the heavens published in modern Europe for the first time in 1661. The publication takes into account the solar system construction systems of Ptolemy, Copernicus and Tycho Brahe. The entire atlas contains 29 hand-colored, highly decorative engravings. The print shown is from the 1708 edition.
